In this video we briefly survey the ideas of some of the famous pessimists of the last few hundred years, and finish by defending a form of pessimism coined a "pessimism of strength" by Friedrich Nietzsche.

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Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit: Joshua Dienstag - http://amzn.to/1WR4WGy (affiliate link)

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